Stoke offer escape to Bellamy

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WHILE Craig Bellamy might have envisaged a spell in Milan or Amsterdam as the ideal solution to his predicament at Newcastle United, the slightly less cosmopolitan surroundings of the English Potteries have emerged as the sole destination where his services, and the increasing amount of baggage that he takes with him, are unequivocally in demand.

Bellamy is something of a Europhile when it comes to his football, but for the time being at least he can forget a face- saving loan move to AC Milan or Ajax before the closure of the January transfer window. If Newcastle expected something akin